It's nearly Spring!!! why not book us to feed our Spring Lambs and/or chicks and other animals.For further information contact : Catherine on 07786 552044.

Homegrown Care Farm has now launched..

Homegrown Care Farm Community Interest Company is now up and running and can supply Educational and Therapy experiences for Special Needs facilities within Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Bottle Feed a Lamb Experience

Our lambs have started arriving here at Homegrownandraised and bottle feeding is now available.

Please call Catherine on 07786 552044 for further information.

Bottle Feed a Lamb Experience

Our lambs have started arriving here at Homegrownandraised and bottle feeding is now available.

Please call Catherine on 07786 552044 for further information.

Chick Hatching Incubation Experiences

We still have several slots available for our chick hatching incubation experience. Please contact Catherine Lever on 07786 552044 for further information and dates.

Would you like a LIVE NATIVITY or SANTA'S GROTTO at your school, group or club??

Ever thought of having a live nativity with the children at your school or group or a santa's grotto with live animals. Give us a call to find out more.....

Would you like a LIVE NATIVITY or SANTA'S GROTTO at your school, group or club??

Ever thought of having a live nativity with the children at your school or group or a santa's grotto with live animals. Give us a call to find out more.....

Repeat Booking Discount REPEAT10

Book a repeat event with us either Animal Experience, Hog Roast or Chick Hatching - book the event in 2016 and receive 10% discount.Expires 31st July 2016.

Open Farm Sunday - 5th June 2016 Fantastic Day

Fantastic day had by all - beautiful weather, hard working helpers and meeting all our lovely visitors. The arrival of the piglets on Saturday also a wonderful surprise!!

Please Note - Open Farm Sunday

Due to an error on the open farm website, the location for our open day has been displayed as Higham Ferrers. The correct location for Open farm Sunday is, Homegrown farm, Woolley. We are the first field on the left from Junction 19A off the A14 towards Huntingdon. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Open Farm Sunday - 5th June 2016

OPEN FARM SUNDAY 5th June 11-4We are opening our gates once again for Open Farm Sunday - we are expecting 300 people - stall pitches available - £15 per pitch

Do you have an Easter treat booked for your club or group?

We can bring a selection of the animals to your location for petting, feeding and grooming. Give us a call ......

New arrivals

Nearly Spring we wish!! Weather changing and new lives are being born at the farm - bottle-fed lambs, goat kids, chicks and ducklings now available for childrens parties, fetes, fayres etc. or just for your to have in your garden for a few hours. Give us a call.....

2016 Bookings

Bookings now being taken for 2016 for Hog Roasts, Children's Parties and Mobile Petting Farm Animal Experiences.Please get in touch if you have any questions and we will be more than happy to answer them....

Christmas Bookings

Christmas bookings now being taken for Nativities, animal petting sessions, parties or any other occasions. Large and/or small animals available please call us now for more information

Christmas Bookings

Christmas bookings now being taken for Nativities, animal petting sessions, parties or any other occasions. Large and/or small animals available please call us now for more information.

Christmas Bookings

Christmas bookings now being taken for Nativities, animal petting sessions, parties or any other occasions. Small and/or large animals available - give us a call for more information.

BOOK NOW FOR 2016 & PAY 2015 PRICES!!!!!!!

BOOK NOW FOR 2016 & PAY 2015 PRICES !!!!!!!we are now taking orders for Hog Roasts, Incubation & Animal Packages for 2016. Anyone booking any of the above before 30th September will pay 2015 prices.

Animal Experiences

Would you like a selection of animals bringing to your event:- birthday party, Fete or fayre, youth club or brownies/cubs/scouts etc.We can bring a selection of the animals from the farm to your event for you to meet, pet, feed and groom. Why not give us a call to find out more...........

We have been very busy over the last few weeks visiting various schools, clubs and fetes with our animals. Don't forget to give us a call if you wish us to bring our animals to your garden party, school, clubs or fete, scouts, brownies or other group. We can bring any animals from bunnies and chickens to a pony, donkey or alpaca.

YELDON STRAWBERRY FAYRE

JOIN US AT YELDON STRAWBERRY FAYRE ON SUNDAY 28TH JUNE 2PM-5PM AND HAVE A HOG ROAST AND MEET OUR ANIMALS.

WOW - WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A huge thank you for everyone that turned out to help us with Open farm Sunday yesterday. We had a wonderful turnout both with helpers and 200 visitors through the gates - not bad for our second year!!Anyone that is interested in helping out with the animals or with the field please get in touch as we have a farming day on the first Sunday of each month.All enquiries for sausages, meat, farming or animals welcomed..... Thanks again

OPEN FARM SUNDAY - 7TH JUNE 2015

This Sunday is OPEN FARM SUNDAY please come and visit us, say hello to our animals, purchase a hog roast roll and have a look at our stalls and children's activities. Look forward to meeting you all.....

OPEN FARM SUNDAY - 7TH JUNE 2015

SUNDAY 7TH JUNE - Open Farm Sunday - still need helpers with all aspects of the day. We are offering in return free hog roast and refreshments on the day.

CONSERVATION/FARMING DAY & EASTER EGG HUNT - 5th APRIL 2015

Conservation / Farming Day at the field - come and enjoy our Easter Egg Hunt, help out with planting some new trees and bushes, feed the animals or just enjoy being out in the fresh air for the day, bring a picnic....

Crowdfunder - Please help us .....

Please support us http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/homegrownandraised-education-farm/?

PARTY TIME ......

Is it your child's birthday soon? Do you have a party arranged for a special occasion and you want something a little different? How about inviting us to bring a selection of animals from the farm for your children to pet, feed and groom!We can come to virtually any location, event, inside or outside with animals from our farm, anything from chickens & ducks, lambs, goat kids & piglets to a donkey, pony and/or alpaca.

Easter & Lambs

EXCITED - Its lambing season again and we are getting very excited to meet our new additions again this year - don't forget we can bring a selection of lambs (as well as other animals if you wish) to your group, school or home etc.EASTER IS AT THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR!!

Festive fun with fur & feather babies & toddlers

Festive fun with fur & feather babies & toddlers, Sarah Smith & the guys at the Abbey Centre toddler group and our mobile farm. Lucy Jones Photography took all our photos - thanks Lucy. A wonderful day had by all - thank you for inviting us guys and see you again next year.

CHRISTMAS PARTY IDEAS

CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY HERE - Why not book us to bring animals to your club, party, school, nursery etc. for a live nativity and/or Christmas Party petting session. We can bring anything from chickens, ducks and rabbits to pigs, lambs, pony, goat and/or donkey.

Christmas Meats & Turkeys

Christmas Meats & Free Range Turkeys - Bookings now being taken for Christmas. For more information please contact us.

Christmas Present Idea - Adopt an Animal

Different christmas present idea - Adopt an Animal. Receive a certificate, photo and a quarterly update for your animal. Lots of animals to choose from. Get in touch or view the details on our facebook page or website.

Animal Adoption/Ownership

We are offering the following:-

Any animal adoption for the price of £2.50/per month which includes a certificate of adoption, photograph and a quarterly update by email on how your animal is progressing.

Pig, Alpaca, Goat, Sheep, Cow, Duck, Goose & Chicken

Pig Ownership is for a piglet aged 6-8 weeks until slaughter (which is normally 7-8months), this is £7.50/per week.

Other charges apply at the end:-

Slaughter costs are £30/per pigButchering costs into joints £20/per pigButchering and making into sausages 80p/lb (choice of 12 varieties)Hog Roast with us serving £200

Visiting your chosen animal would be limited to once a month on a weekend.

If you would like any further information or to see the animals please get in touch.

Kind regardsJulie & Andy

Christmas Meats & Turkeys

Orders for Free Range Turkeys now being taken - please contact us for further information. Christmas meats :- Beef, Lamb & Pork orders also being taken.

Chaos, Nightmare & Joy!!!

Well after a disastrous few days that were supposed to be our holiday for this year and ended up being a nightmare - we are home again for a little while.On a bright note whilst all the chaos was happening look what arrived!!!!

BE A FARMER FOR A DAY EXPERIENCE

BE A FARMER FOR A DAY experiences at the farm now being offered. Please see the education pages for more information.

OPEN FARM SUNDAY - A great success

Thankyou to everyone who supported us either with help or by visiting us on OPEN FARM SUNDAY. The day was a huge success and we had a very enjoyable day sharing our animals with you all. The national success of this day has exceeded expectations again and we hope to see everyone again next year 7th June 2015.

Meet our animals

Look what our animals have been upto today! Don't forget to come and join us for OPEN FARM SUNDAY 8th June 11-3. More details to follow later in the week.

Sunny Weekend Pictures

A few piccies taken over this sunny weekend - thankyou to everyone that helped out at the field you know who you are!!!!

New Additions !!!

Here are the latest additions to our farm! Bert & Ernie arrived this week and already are proving that they have very unique characters!! Visit us on Open Farm Sunday 8th June 11am-3pm to meet them and all our other animals.

OPEN FARM SUNDAY - 8th JUNE 2014

OPEN FARM SUNDAY - 8th June 2014

Don't forget we are opening our doors for Open Farm Sunday this year - get it in your diaries now only 4 weeks to go. Details and directions to follow nearer the time.

Any helpers ?????

Our piglets have arrived !!!!!!

NEWS: Our next piglets have arrived & mother and babies' are doing well.Don't forget we can now attend CHILDRENS' BIRTHDAY PARTY'S, FETES, OPEN DAYS etc. with a variety of farm animals (large & small). Please look at our website or enquire for more information.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

Happy Easter Everyone - enjoy your Easter Eggs!!!

Open Farm Sunday - 8th June

We are opening our gates for Open Farm Sunday on the 8th June - please keep an eye on our website for further updates on timings etc. We are cooking our homemade sausages for you all to purchase and hopefully lots of other activities!

New born Lamb

L@@k what we have just had born in the field - our first lamb of our own!!!Any name suggestions??????

Hatching Chicks for Easter

Morning folks - incubator & brooder delivered to a child-minder in Rushden for the children to hatch out chicks for Easter and we have chicks hatching this morning it makes you feel good in the dreary April showers!!

A friend of ours, Karen Hawkey is holding a talk and presentation on pedigree Large Black pigs on Monday 7th April 2014 @ 8pm at The Red Lion Public House, Brackley with one of our latest litter. Please come along and support Karen and learn about one of the wonderful breeds of pedigree pigs.

WOW - what a surprising few days !!!!

WOW what a surprising few days - we now have a few extra animals at the farm, meet our new calves and turkey poults!!Don't forget we are still taking bookings for our Mobile Farm - discounts still available until end of March.Next month is Animal Feed discount month - more details to follow in the next few days.

Come on folks get your Mobile Farm dates booked in this month and receive 10% discount.Dates for bottle feeding lambs are going fast so book to avoid disappointment!

MARCH Discount Mobile Farm Month

Morning all on this bright and cheery morning - don't forget that MARCH is discount mobile farm month. For every birthday party, open day, fete or other event that is booked and deposit paid, for us to attend with our mobile farm, you will receive a 10% discount. Please get in touch via our website, facebook, email or mobile.

Aren't they getting BIG!!

L@@K at how big our babies are!! Aren't they doing well

Each month we are going to do a special offer on a specific part of our business - MARCH is discount mobile farm month. For every birthday party, open day, fete or other event that is booked and deposit paid, for us to attend with our mobile farm, you will receive a 10% discount. Please get in touch via our website, facebook, email or mobile.

Spring is Nearly Here - We hope!!!

If you are looking for a different theme for a childrens party or have an open day or fete to organise please get in touch, we can bring a selection of farm animals both large and small to your venue with all the appropriate licences and insurance in place. Weekend dates are booking fast for spring and summer - email us with your requirements. Don't forget we also supply hog roasts using our own free range rare breed pigs for that unique flavour.

Animal Feed Order Deadline midnight tomorrow Wednesday 19th February

Deadline for animal feed orders is midnight tomorrow Wednesday 19th February. Please use our new website online ordering system. Delivery or collection available Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th. Please get in touch if you have any questions or queries.

Piglets outside

OUTSIDE - The piglets have graduated to an outside pen and we get our living room back! They are all doing very well and eating solid food, milk has been replaced by water and hopefully they will carry-on to grow big and strong.A BIG THANKYOU FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT AND FOR ALL THE DONATED TOWELS, BLANKETS AND BOTTLES.

YUMMY Proper Food!

YUMMY!! Piglets have now started trying hard food - thank goodness we might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!! Its been a long week ........

Piglets doing well

Morning everyone - an update on our progress - all piglets doing well, enjoying a little bit of freedom whilst still keeping warm near the fire! Please subscribe to our newsletter via our website to allow us to keep you updated on our special offers (meat & wood).

Mummy couldn't feed me

Well what an eventful day - unfortunately our mummy sow's milk has stopped so we are having to hand-rear the piglets, every 2 hours!!!

Wow Mum you have a big nose!

Thank you to Lisa Glowacki for todays caption. Wow Mum you have a big nose! More pictures will be posted on our facebook page in need of a caption.

10 healthy Rare Breed piglets arrived this morning

Morning everyone - look what we have woken up to this morning - 10 health pedigree Large Black piglets - also rated vulnerable on the rare breed list too! what a success - SOOOOOO pleased.

Subscription Service

Now that our new website is nearly finished we have decided to have a subscription service (free of charge) to enable us to keep our customers up-to-date on our special news & offers. We will only contact when there is something special to tell you and we will not disclose your details to third parties.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND BENEFIT FROM THIS NEW SERVICE.

ANIMAL FEED ORDER DEADLINE THIS SUNDAY 22ND

Please note that the December animal feed order deadline is this Sunday 22nd at midnight. This cannot be extended due to the opening hours of our suppliers over the festive period. Please be advised that delivery/collection is not available until 28th/29th December.

New Website Released!

Our website now has some fantastic new features and pages designed to bring you the latest news or best deals as fast and easy as we can.

Subscribe now to our new subscription service to ensure you never miss out on any deals we have to offer.

Firewood for sale

We are now offering softwood offcuts in a builders bag (approx 1 cubic metre) for £20 delivered within the local area.

Also available Net Bags £2 for collection. Please contact us for further information.